Classifications

• • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
  • C11—ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
  • C11D—DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL
  • C11D7/00—Compositions of detergents based essentially on non-surface-active compounds
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  • C11—ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
  • C11D—DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL
  • C11D7/00—Compositions of detergents based essentially on non-surface-active compounds
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  • C11—ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
  • C11D—DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL
  • C11D7/00—Compositions of detergents based essentially on non-surface-active compounds
  • C11D7/02—Inorganic compounds
  • C11D7/04—Water-soluble compounds
  • C11D7/10—Salts
  • C11D7/14—Silicates
• • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
  • C11—ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
  • C11D—DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL
  • C11D7/00—Compositions of detergents based essentially on non-surface-active compounds
  • C11D7/02—Inorganic compounds
  • C11D7/04—Water-soluble compounds
  • C11D7/10—Salts
  • C11D7/16—Phosphates including polyphosphates
• • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
  • C11—ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
  • C11D—DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL
  • C11D7/00—Compositions of detergents based essentially on non-surface-active compounds
  • C11D7/22—Organic compounds
  • C11D7/32—Organic compounds containing nitrogen
  • C11D7/3218—Alkanolamines or alkanolimines

Definitions

• This invention related to a composition and method for removing soils, fluxes, or other contaminates from manufactured products.
• a composition which is effective for removing solder flux, soils, oils, greases, and other undesirable contaminates either as a concentrated material or diluted with water, preferably, although not limited to a dual solvent process.
• the composition is effective to remove, in conjunction with a rinsing and/or drying step, all types of undesirable contaminates from a manufactured product, including but not limited to, solder flux, oils, greases, soil, and particulate matter.
• the composition exhibits excellent cleaning and rinsing properties with polar and nonpolar rinse agents such as alcohols, and halogenated carbon compounds.
• the composition comprises propylene glycol phenyl ether (PGPE) and an alkali.
• the concentrated composition may have a secondary solvent system that is added with the PGPE to make the total amount of solvent in the concentrated composition range from 0.01 to 99.99 weight percent, and preferably from 30 to 99.99% weight percent.
• the alkali may range from 0.01% to 70 weight percent.
• up to 10 percent, preferably up to 3 percent, of a non-ionic surfactant may be added to the concentrated composition to assist in cleaning efficacy.
• corrosion inhibitors, buffering agents, chelating agents and/or sequestrants may be added as would be known by one skilled in the art.
• the concentrated composition may be used neat (at 100%) or diluted with water to result in a concentration of the composition from 99.1 weight percent to 0.1 weight percent of the concentrated composition.
• the concentration of the composition is an amount effective to dissolve, remove and clean solder flux, soils, oils, greases, and other undesirable contaminates from the manufactured product. It is to be noted that all concentrations in the specification and claims of this application are in weight percent unless noted otherwise.
• the present invention also contemplates a method of removing solder flux, soils, oils, greases, and other undesirable contaminates by contacting a substrate containing the solder flux in a dual solvent process with the composition of the invention.
• substrate is defined as any part or manufactured product that is contaminated with solder flux, soils, oils, greases, and other undesirable contaminates.
• novel cleaning compositions have been formulated comprising PGPE and one or more alkaline agents that render the pH of the concentrated cleaning composition greater than about 7.5.
• the composition contains one or more additional solvents, non-ionic surface active agents, corrosion inhibitors, chelation or sequestering agents, or pH buffering agents, as known by those skilled in the art.
• agents that modify the foaming characteristics may be used. Agents that modify foaming characteristics are additives which reduce the surface tension of a solution or emulsion, thus inhibiting or modifying the formation of a foam. Commonly used agents are insoluble oils, dimethyl polysiloxanes and other silicones, certain alcohols, stearates and glycols.
• the additive is used to prevent formation of foam or is added to break a foam already formed.
• the composition may contain agents that will aid in increasing the solubility of the cleaning agent in a rinsing agent or agents that will assist in removing the cleaning agent from a rinsing agent to recover the cleaning agent and/or rinsing agent, both as described more fully in co-pending application Ser. No. 13/773,735, filed Feb.
• Dual-Solvent Vapor Degreasing System Each of these additives may comprise one agent or a mixture of agents in order to impart the desired characteristic to the final cleaning composition.
• the concentrated composition may be used neat (at 100%) or diluted with water to result in a concentration of the composition from 99.9 weight percent to 0.1 weight percent of the concentrate composition.
• the concentration of the composition is an amount effective to dissolve, remove and clean solder flux, soils, oils, greases, and other undesirable contaminates from the manufactured product.
• the cleaning agent can optionally be removed from a rinsing agent which may be desired by the user to decrease the consumption of cleaning agent and/or rinsing agent, or decrease the environmental impact of the cleaning process. This is preferably accomplished by utilizing the apparatus and method of the Dual-Solvent Vapor Degreasing System.
• the invention contemplates a concentrated liquid cleaning composition which comprises PGPE and a sufficient amount of an alkali to result in a pH at least about 7.5.
• the composition may be diluted with water to a concentration of 0.1 to 99.9 wt %.
• the composition is not diluted, meaning that the cleaning agent has a concentration of 100%.
• the composition may contain at least one additional secondary solvent that imparts different solubility parameters for different soils, solder fluxes, or other contaminates.
• the secondary solvent or solvents may be in the composition in a total amount of up to 90%, preferably up to 70%.
• the secondary solvent or solvents can be one or more of the following:
• the glycol ether is one or more selected from the group consisting of dipropylene glycol methyl ether, dipropylene glycol propyl ether, dipropylene glycol butyl ether, tripropylene glycol methyl ether, diethylene glycol butyl ether, methoxy methyl butanol, tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol, N-methyl pyrollidone, N-ethyl pyrollidone, N-propyl pyrollidone, N-octyl pyrollidone, dimethyl adipate, dimethyl succinate, dimethyl glutarate, diisobutyl adipate, diisobutyl succinate and diisobutyl glutarate.
• the alkali is one or more of an amine, imide, inorganic hydroxide, silicate, or phosphate and is present in an amount of 0.01 to 70 wt %.
• the preferred amine is an alkanolamine.
• the alkanolamine is selected from the group consisting of monoethanolamines, diethanolamines, triethanolamines, aminomethylpropanol, methylethanolamine, methyldiethanolamine, dimethylethanolamine, diglycolamine, methylethanolamine, monomethylethylethanolamine, dimethylaminopropylamine, aminopropyldiethanolamine, isopropylhydroxylamine, dimethylamino methyl propanol and combinations thereof
• the inorganic salts are selected from the group consisting of sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, sodium silicate, sodium metasilicate, potassium silicate, sodium phosphate, potassium phosphate and combinations thereof
• One or more surface active agents preferably are added to improve cleaning, or processing. It is preferred that the surface active agent is a nonionic surfactant.
• the nonionic surfactant is added in an amount less than 10% and preferably less than 3% of the weight of the composition.
• One or more corrosion inhibitors may be added to the composition to improve compatibility with either the equipment used to apply or remove the cleaning agent or with the manufactured product that is undergoing the cleaning process.
• Preferred corrosion inhibitors are selected from the group consisting of benzotriazoles, derivatives of benzotriazoles, water soluble silicates, and inorganic salts of phosphoric acid.
• the preferred corrosion inhibitor is an alkali salt of a metasilicate.
• buffering agents may be added to provide pH control.
• Preferred buffering agents are selected from the group consisting of mono, di and tri-carboxylic acids.
• the preferred buffering agent is one or more of 2-hydroxypropane-1,2,3-tricarboxylic acid, C 3 to C 20 mono carboxylic acids, hydrogen alkali salts of phosphoric acid, and boric acid.
• the buffering agent is added an a concentration effective to keep the pH at least 7.5 and, preferably, above 7.5.
• At least one chelating or sequestering agent may be added to the composition.
• Preferred chelation or sequestering agents are ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) or its salts and ethylenediamine-N,N′-disuccinic acid or its salts.
• a method which comprises a dual-solvent process utilizing the invention as the cleaning agent in the Dual-Solvent Vapor Degreasing System.
• the current invention is well suited to be the cleaning agent in the dual solvent-process.
• the part is conveyed into a vapor-degreasing unit to be rinsed with continuously refluxing rinsing agents.
• the choice of the rinsing agent may be ascertained by those skilled in the art.
• Those skilled in the art should also be able to develop a method for removing the current invention from the rinsing agent recovering the cleaning agent and/or rinsing agent for re-use in the cleaning process.
• a method which comprises a single stage wash with the composition in a manner known to those skilled in the art of cleaning.
• the wash is followed by a rinse stage to remove the composition from the part followed by a dry stage.
• Wash and rinse can be accomplished by means of spraying, spray under immersion, agitation, ultrasonics, dipping, tumbling, wiping or immersion.
• the wash may be conducted at ambient temperature or as low as 2 degrees C. below the flash point of the composition.
• a concentrated cleaning agent was formulated with a composition of 88.0% PGPE, 2.00% of a triazole inhibitor, 2.5% of a secondary alkanolamine 2.5% of a tertiary alkanolamine, 2.5% of a tertiary amine surfactant, and 2.5% buffering agent consisting of C 3 to C 20 mono carboxylic acids and/or their alkali metal salts.
• the pH of the neat cleaning agent was 11.5.
• Example 1 The concentrated cleaning agent described in Example 1 was placed in a dual solvent system that utilizes Spray Under Immersion (SIU), without any dilution (100% concentration).
• SIU Spray Under Immersion
• Various electrical and metal parts were deliberately contaminated with soils, and then placed in the SIU machine for washing.
• the parts were placed in a vapor degreasing process for rinsing and drying.
• Rinsing was achieved by vapor degreasing in refluxing 1,1,1,2,2,3,4,5,5,5-decafluoropentane, which was utilized as a rinsing agent. Drying was achieved by letting the residual rinsing agent evaporate under ambient conditions. The cleanliness of the parts was exceptional.
• Example 1 The concentrated cleaning agent described in Example 1 was applied neat (100% concentration) manually to various parts that were deliberately contaminated with various soils, greases, and in a static soak wash. No heat or mechanical actionns were applied. The cleaning agent was removed by manually rinsing with 1,1,1,2,2,3,4,5,5,5-decafluoropentane. The cleanliness of the parts was exceptional.

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